Approvedjpr 9f12110 003178396 1 USSR LAUNCHES SECOND SATELLITE Comment on Moscow radio announced on 3 No- vember the successful launching of a second earth satellite apparently again after completion of at least one complete orbit The official announcement stated that the new satellite weighs about 1 120 pounds is some 930 miles above the earth at the farthest point in its orbit and is car rying a live dog and instrumentation for tranSmitting data The new satellite is circling the globe abOut every hour and 42 minutes and has been noted transmitting on 20- and 4D- megacycle frequencies like its predecessor The reported weight of the second sat- ellite is by far its most significant military characteristic because of the propulsion capability required to place such a weight in orbit Preliminary assessment indicates that such a rocket-launching system if used in an ICBM would be at least capable of delivering a 2 000-pound warhead a distance of 5 500 nautical miles 3 Nov Current Intelligence Bulletin Page 3 Approved for Release 2019 1310 003178396 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu